Monitoring of antibiotic consumption in livestock: A German feasibility study

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 34-43

  Merle, Roswitha ^a   Hajek, Peter ^b   Käsbohrer, Annemarie ^c   Hegger Gravenhorst, Christine ^a   Mollenhauer, Yvonne ^a   Robanus, Matthias ^b   Ungemach, Fritz R ^b   Kreienbrock, Lothar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cattle; Daily dose; Fluoroquinolones; Macrolides; Pigs; Tetracyclines

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD SAFETY; GERMANY; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CATTLE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; GERMANY; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84856771429     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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